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The US Trade Ledger — every US container gateway, every partner country, every month — and what each one actually paid at the border.

The tariff on perfumery & cosmetics

HS chapter 33, all origins, from official duty receipts. Burden 0.2% in 2017-06 → peak 15% in 2025-10 → 9.1% in 2026-06, on $147M of duty in the latest month.

Duty collected as % of all perfumery & cosmetics import value, monthly, all origins. Peak 15% (2025-10).

Duty dollars collected on the chapter, monthly. Excludes AD/CVD and fees; assessed at entry.

Who pays it — top origins, 2026-06

France 9.7% paid $29M duty China 29.9% paid $28M duty Korea, South 9.9% paid $23M duty Italy 10.0% paid $15M duty

Spain 10.1% paid $8M duty

Ireland 10.0% paid $6M duty

United Kingdom 9.8% paid $4M duty India 11.0% paid $3M duty Germany 9.8% paid $3M duty

United Arab Emirates 9.6% paid $3M duty

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the whole tariff story · any origin: tariff_burden(origin: "Vietnam", commodity: "33") · any code: tariff_lookup(hs, origin) via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “The tariff on perfumery & cosmetics” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff-on-perfumery-cosmetics